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OUCH!!! (HOUDINI--CHALLENGE.) Letterpress challenge broadside, for the famous Three Chinamen escape from the "punishment frame" scheduled to take

OUCH!!! (HOUDINI--CHALLENGE.) Letterpress challenge broadside, for the famous Three Chinamen escape from the "punishment frame" scheduled to take place at Hammerstein's Victoria Roof Garden, 9x6 inches. New York, late 1910s

  • Notes: In this challenge Houdini escaped from a torture device after being secured by "three Chinamen." The escape was performed at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre, one of Houdini's favorite New York venues. It was there that Houdini introduced his famous walking through a brick wall routine and did his Knickerbocker beer escape.

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October 31, 2002 12:00 AM EST
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